This year’s first Discover Quincy Day is a chance to step into city’s rich past

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Jul 29, 2014 at 10:32 PMJul 29, 2014 at 10:40 PM

Patrick Ronan The Patriot Ledger @pronan_Ledger

QUINCY – The first of three Discover Quincy Days highlighting the city’s rich history will be held Saturday.

On Saturday and on the first Saturdays of September and October, Sept. 6 and Oct. 4, the wearers of $5 Discover Quincy wristbands will be granted admission to five historical sites: the Adams National Historical Park, the Adams Crypt at the Church of Presidents, the Quincy Historical Museum at the former Adams Academy Building, the Josiah Quincy House, and the Dorothy Quincy Homestead.

Visiting the sites separately would typically cost $17 in total admissions.

If a wristband purchaser can’t visit all of the of the attractions this Saturday, he or she can return on one or both of the remaining Discover Quincy Days and use the wristband.

Children under 16 get free admission. A shuttle service will connect the sites between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the three days.

The Discover Quincy Days also will highlight attractions such as the John Adams and Abigail Adams statues, the granite ball in City Hall Plaza and the Hancock Cemetery. A historical interpreter will be on hand to guide visitors though the cemetery.

“Discover Quincy is capitalizing on our legacy as the City of Presidents by exploring the depths of our cultural, historic and natural resources,” Ward 1 City Councilor Margaret Laforest, tourism director for Quincy Chamber of Commerce.

Discover Quincy, the tourism agency for the Quincy Chamber, is selling the three-day wristbands in advance at the Quincy Historical Society’s quarters, at the former Adams Academy at 8 Adams St., and at the Quincy Chamber of Commerce office at 180 Old Colony Ave, Suite 300.

The wristbands also will be sold at all of the participating historical sites on the Discover Quincy Days. For more information, visit DiscoverQuincy.com.

This year, Discover Quincy is also selling a season-long wristband for $10. The wristband can be used at all of the participating sites on the various days they are open through Nov. 8.

Although the Adams National Historical Park, which includes the birthplaces of both John Adams and John Quincy Adams, and the Church of Presidents, where the two former presidents are entombed, are open daily through November, the other sites are open less frequently.